Dictionary

tenancy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɪ̟nənsi/ (US, pin-pen-merger)
• /ˈtɛnənsi/
• [ˈtʰɪ̟nənsɪi̯] (US, pin-pen-merger)
• (Southern-England) audio
• [ˈtʰɛnənsɪi̯]

Etymology

From tenant + -cy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of lease (an interest in land, its related contract or the document containing that contract); more commonly used when a lease is short-term or has a periodic rent that is not merely nominal.
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Forms

Deriveds

farm business tenancy · tenancy at sufferance · tenancy for years · fixed-term tenancy · tenancy from year to year · tenancy for life · joint tenancy · periodic tenancy · holdover tenancy · tenancy from month to month · co-tenancy · tenancy by the entirety · full agricultural tenancy · tenancy in common · cotenancy · subtenancy · tenancy from week to week · undertenancy · joint tenancy with right of survivorship · multitenancy · 1986 Act tenancy · nontenancy · Agricultural Holdings Act tenancy · tenancy at will

Hyponyms

sublease · undertenancy · sublet · underlease · subtenancy · underletting · underlet · subletting

Synonyms

lease

Translations (15)

fi arenti (occupancy of property, etc.) · ga tionóntacht (occupancy of property, etc.) · de Mietverhältnis (occupancy of property, etc.) · pl najem (occupancy of property, etc.) · bg наемане (occupancy of property, etc.) · el μίσθωση (occupancy of property, etc.) · cs nájem (occupancy of property, etc.) · cs držba (occupancy of property, etc.) · gl arrendamento (occupancy of property, etc.) · pl dzierżawa (occupancy of property, etc.) · es arrendamiento (occupancy of property, etc.) · cs držení (occupancy of property, etc.) · cs pronájem (occupancy of property, etc.) · gl arrendo (occupancy of property, etc.) · el πάκτωση (occupancy of property, etc.)